Planes, Trains, Automobiles, and More!
I spent this past weekend (Friday evening to Monday morning) visiting Rose at Cours Ste. Catherine de Sienne in Normandy.
To reach the school on Friday afternoon/evening, I went through the following steps:
* walking
* taking the bus
* taking the RER
* taking the metro
* taking the train
* taking a taxi
All that in less than six hours. Wow, did I feel traveled! But all that combined was still easier than a single airplane flight alone. The airports just seem to work together to make your travels as full of hassle as they possibly can. I LOVE being able to show up at the train station fifteen minutes before your desired train leaves and purchase the ticket, then walk directly to the train and get on. Your bags never leave your hands. You go through NOT A SINGLE measure of so-called "security." And you SOMEHOW manage to arrive at your destination alive and well. Your luggage isn't lost and (a lot of times) the train is on time to the minute. I'm lovin' it! ;)
(Picture taken in the Châtelet-Les-Halles metro station in Paris, late afternoon December 8, 2006.)
To reach the school on Friday afternoon/evening, I went through the following steps:
* walking
* taking the bus
* taking the RER
* taking the metro
* taking the train
* taking a taxi
All that in less than six hours. Wow, did I feel traveled! But all that combined was still easier than a single airplane flight alone. The airports just seem to work together to make your travels as full of hassle as they possibly can. I LOVE being able to show up at the train station fifteen minutes before your desired train leaves and purchase the ticket, then walk directly to the train and get on. Your bags never leave your hands. You go through NOT A SINGLE measure of so-called "security." And you SOMEHOW manage to arrive at your destination alive and well. Your luggage isn't lost and (a lot of times) the train is on time to the minute. I'm lovin' it! ;)
(Picture taken in the Châtelet-Les-Halles metro station in Paris, late afternoon December 8, 2006.)
posted by Monnie | 10:32 PM
2 Comments:
Great little story and insight. Plus. to be "really" moving makes the travel seem more real; instead of just sitting in a crowded plane and rumbling for hours before the plane lands. In the plane, you know you're really covering the distance and FAST, but it seems less real since it's detached from the whizzing by of the Terra Firma.
Your frequent blogspots are enjoyed.
IL Dottore
Awesome photo, Monnie - perfect exposure for the "feel" of the lighting, the surfaces, the motions and conditions of a metro station! It just puts me there - I can feel the rush (when at the platform -- it looks like this is by the ticket booths) and smell the underground smells and hear the echo of voices and footsteps bouncing off all those concrete and metal surfaces! Deo Gratias for another trip completed! Love, Mom
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